#C5AE3A#C5AE3A

#C5AE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.134 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5AE3A
RGB	rgb(197, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -4.46, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 59.81, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.018 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.134 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9276, 42.4499, 10.1454)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5AE3A #3A51C5

analogous

#C5693A #C5AE3A #96C53A

triadic

#C5AE3A #3AC5AE #AE3AC5

tetradic

#C5AE3A #3AC569 #3A51C5 #C53A96

square

#C5AE3A #3AC569 #3A51C5 #C53A96

split-complementary

#C5AE3A #3A96C5 #693AC5

monochromatic

#665A1E #96842C #C5AE3A #D3C169 #E1D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#C5AE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#C5AE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5AE3A

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5AE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5AE3A	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5ae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.134 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac577',
    500: '#c5ae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5ae3a;
$custom-light: #dac577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5ae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75006,
    "c": 0.13408,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5AE3A

secondary

#8E99CD

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8EE

border

#D4D1C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5AE3A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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